WIDE FORAY RANGE
ALLIED BOMBERS IN ITALY
Rec. 10.40 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 10. Allied heavy bombers are now operating from bases on 'the Italian mainland. Reuters aviation correspondent says this means that Fortresses and Liberators are now able, from the Mediterranean theatre, to bomb Hitler's Etalkan centres, in addition to southern Germany. The range of these bombers makes possible a round trip of about 1000 miles, bringing the following targets within their reach:— The whole of Greece, including Athens; Sofia, Bucharest, and Budapest; the whole of Yugoslavia, where they will be able to support General Tito's ground forces; Vienna and southern Germany, including Stuttgart and Nuremberg; and also southern France as far as Marseilles.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 8, 11 January 1944, Page 5
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114WIDE FORAY RANGE Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 8, 11 January 1944, Page 5
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